Smaller URL : binary gzip compressed data storage, base64 wrapped in the url

Right now, loopy data are stored in json with a serialize / deserialize process. I think we can do better to store big system in small url (even without url reducer)

Here is the binary data scheme :

ThisVersionStartWith0:1bit, to allow evolution starting with 1
nodeNumber: 16bit (max 65535)
edgeNumber: 16bit (max 65535)
labelNumber: 16bit (max 65535)
globalOptions: 32bit (actually 2 boolean -> 2 bit, soon 5 bool -> 5bit used over 32)
bitForStringIndex: 5bit (to define how many bit to link to a string max is 31bit index so 2 000 000 000 strings)
bitByNode: 16bit (to define how many bit by node so the max is 2^16-1 bit)
bitByEdge: 16bit (to define how many bit by node so the max is 2^16-1 bit)
bitByLabel: 16bit (to define how many bit by node so the max is 2^16-1 bit)
for each node:
- each props with associated bit number depending of the option number or numeric limit
- a bitForStringIndex bit index number for string.
for each edge:
- each props with associated bit number depending of the option number or numeric limit
- a bitForStringIndex bit index number for string.
for each label:
- each props with associated bit number depending of the option number or numeric limit
- a bitForStringIndex bit index number for string.

this stored in binary then gzipped (or lzma) then b64 for URL and the string part : string are dedup and sorted by size ASC then stored in a json array escaped for url. the index of this array is used in the binary part to target strings.

the parser try to rebuild and allow the json array string to be erroneous/partial, in this case, it add at the end "] or ] and retry parsing. the missing string in index a replaced by ? so the graph can be used with less text but still usable.

What's your feeling about this ?

PS : this change can be done with compatibility for actual json storage by detecting the url scheme post ?char

PS2: embed setting can be stored in globalOptions, same for autoplay if not handled as special node.

ncase / loopy

Smaller URL : binary gzip compressed data storage, base64 wrapped in the url #25